Coin-packaging device.



P. E. BISLAND.

COIN PACKAGING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JAN.31.1913.

Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

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\ MTORNEYS 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PRESSLEY E. ZBISLAND, or new relax, at. Y., assrenon 'ro ABBOTT comCOUNTER O PA Y, or new 20% N; 2., A. CORPORATION or DELAWARE.

, COIN-PACKAGING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedNov. 11, 1913.

To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known. that I, PRESSLEY E. BISLAND, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and: residing at. New York, in the county of New York and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and: useful Improvements in Goin-Packaging Devices, of which the following is a specification, such aswill enable those skilled in the art to which it apper tains to make anduse the same. K

This invention relates to devices for use in forming packages of coins,or placing coins inpackages and particularly to devices of this classsuch as is shown and described in United States Letters Patent No.1,025,228, granted to Augustus Abbott, May 7th, 1912, and the inventiondescribed and claimed herein is an, improvement on that described andclaimed in said patent, whereby the same is rendered more practical andeflicien't in use and whereby the packaging of coins may be eflectedmuch more rapidly and efiectively than with the device described. andclaimed in said patent.

My invention is fully disclosed in the following specification of whichthe accompanying drawing forms a part, in which: the separate parts ofmy improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in eachof the views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing onestep in the process of using my improved coin packaging device; Fig. 2is a similar view showing another step in said process; Fig. 3 a centralvertical section ofv my improved coin packaging device on the line 3--3of Figd; Fig. 4 a plan'view of the device; and F ig.. 5 a front viewlooking in the direction of the arrow 5 in Fig. 5.

In the practice of my invention, as shown in the drawing, I provide a.tube a closed at one end, as shown at a, and open at the other, as shownat a and the trans verse dimensions of which will depend upon thedenomination of the coins to be put in packages The tube a' ispreferably com posed of glass and is provided with a head I) a neckportion 6 The head 7) is funne -shaped in transverse Section iil'onedirection and comprises a back side 6. and a front side 6 approximatelyparallel, and the opposite sides I) and 6? thereof are segmental orapproximately semi-circular in cross section.

The head 6 of the tube a is pressed or stamped from a sheet of sheetmetal and the front side thereof is "provided, in. the form ofconstruction shown, with overlapping edges 6', and the neck 6 thereof isprov ded with an outwardly directed flange 8 with which is connexzted asupplemental neck 0. The supplemental neck 0 is also composed of sheetmetal and is threaded to correspond "with a similar thread on the openend of the tube a, asshown at 0 and the supplemental neck 0 isprovidedat the top thereof with an-inwardly directed flange c whichoverlaps the flange b of the neck of the head I), and said flanges aresecuredtogether by solder or otherwise, and as thus formed, there is aninwardly directed annular shoulder 0 in the top of the sup plementalneck 0. the transverse dimensions of which are the same as thetransverse dimensions of'the. threaded top wallv of the tube 0,, andwith this construction, the inner walls of the head b at the bottomthereof or of the neck of said head are flush and even with the innerwalls of the tube a when the head is connected therewith, as shown inFig. 3.

The front wall b of the head 6 is cut out, as shown at d to form a.transverserecess the length of which is approximately the same as thegreatest transverse dimensions of the head I) or of the transversedimensions of said head taken centrally through the'opposite sides I)and b thereof, and these dimensions of the outer end portion of saidhead are preferably approximately four inches and the front side 6 ifextended to correspond with the edge curves of the sides I) and 6 wouldbe longer than the back side b? ofi said head I), and with thisconstruction, the cutting out of the recess 4% provides forwardly andIaterally directed and tangential ears e at the ends of the recess (Z. i

In. Fig. l I have shown. at f a tahle or otherdevice on which, inpractice, the colns [g to be packaged are placed, and in the use of myimproved packaging device, it is grasped in onehand, as shown at h inFig. 1, and the edge portion of the front side 6 of the head 1) formedby the recess d is pressed against one side edge portion of the table insuch manner that the ears e overlap the top of the table and extendlaterally of the head 6.

While the packaging device is held in the position shown by one hand,the other hand a is manipulated to sweep the coins off the table intothe head of the packaging device,

and whenthe tube a of the packaging device is filled, the operation ofputting the coins in paper packages is the same as that described andclaimed in the patent hereinend of said package tube j may be closed.

In the patent hereinbefore referred to, the head of the tube a is madefrom the material of said tube, but experience has shown that with thisconstruction, it is impossible to make the head of the said tube, largeenough to permit of the desired manipulation and operation of thedevice, and in the operation of sweeping the coins into the .tube, asdescribed in said patent,- many of said coins would miss the open'end ofthe tube and this would cause great delay and inconvenience. Experiencehas also shown that these defects can only be remedied by forming thehead of separate material, and attaching it to the tube, as shown anddescribed'herein, whereby the head can be made of the desireddimensions, and with the parts of the device made as herein shown anddescribed, the coins may be much more rapidly swept into the packagingdevice and the entire operation of packaging the coins is much moreexpeditiously performed. It is also necessary to connect the head I)with the tube a so that the inner walls of the head at the neck thereofand the inner walls of the tube will be perfectly flush, smooth andeven, and the method herein shown and described for forming andconnecting the separate parts has been demonstrated to be the best oneby which the desired results can be accomplished.

While the transverse dimensions of the head I) in one direction are onlyabout the same as .the outer diameter of the tube a, the greatesttransverse dimensions of said head in the opposite direction are morethan three times the diameter of said tube, and these comparativedimensions are the chief features ofmy improvement as it is by meansthereof that the packaging device can be successfully and expeditiouslyoperated, but my invention is not limited to the exact dimensions of thehead 1) herein given.

Although I have described the tube a as made of glass, it will beapparent that the same may be made of other earthenware, and metal alsomay possibly be employed, if desired. 7

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. Adevice of the class described comprisinga tube closed at one end and open at the other, said tube being providedwith a head comprising front, and back walls and oppositeside walls, thefront and back walls being approximately parallel and the other oppositeside walls being funnel-shaped in form, said head being provided with aneck, and a supplemental neck secured thereto and to the open end ofsaid tube, and the front side of said head being cut out transverselythereof to form a transverse recess at the opposite ends of which areprojecting ears.

2. A device of the class described comprising a tube closed at one endand open at the other and provided with a head which is funnelshaped inform in transverse section in one direction and the greatest diameter ofwhich is much greater than the diameter of said tube, said head beingprovided with a neck to which is secured a supplemental neck which issecured to the open end of said tube, one side of said head being cutouttransversely to form a transverse recess at the opposite ends of whichare outwardly directed cars.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 30th day of J anuaryi1913.

PRESSLEY E. BISLAND.

Witnesses: i

C. MULREANY, S. Annnnws.

